Tom DeLay Working On Book With Noted Birther

Days after his triumphant return to the House floor, former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) announced Monday that his next move will be a collaboration with one of the nation’s most prominent birthers.

DeLay’s co-author, he said, will be none other than Jerome Corsi, a conservative columnist and bestselling author who has been one of the most prominent proponents of conspiracy theories alleging President Barack Obama was not born in the United States. In the interview with Newsmax, DeLay, who returned to the House floor for a “victory lap” last week, said he’d “spent a lot of time” with Corsi and shared some details about their planned book project.“Our book is tentatively entitled ‘Shut Her Down,'” DeLay said. “It’s about the revival of the Constitution and how to return power from all those federal programs to the states, which have sovereignty.”

Corsi’s book “Where’s The Birth Certificate?” was released in May 2011. In it, Corsi claimed to demonstrate “conclusively that no legal authority has ever verified Obama’s legal eligibility to be president” and that “a compelling body of evidence says Obama is not a natural-born citizen.”

Corsi first received widespread recognition in 2004 when he wrote, “Unfit For Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry,” which outlined disputed criticisms of then-presidential candidate John Kerry’s military record.